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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 20h

Solidarity with Mark ✊

Far-right harassment of academics has long been a problem across countries. Many legacy media ignore, minimize, or even facilitate it. #NoPaseran

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 1d

In Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World, @drodrik.bsky.social presents new, practical approaches to confronting today’s most daunting global issues.

Publishing November 4. Learn more and preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik. New, practical approaches to confronting today’s most daunting global issues.

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Samuel Moyn @samuelmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

Joey Fishkin on the compact balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

balkin.blogspot.com

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, shared prosperity is really possible. In these dark times I hope this book will provide readers a glimpse of a brighter future and ideas on how to get there. (And a big thank you to some of my favorite scholars who offered the words of praise on the back cover.)

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Eric Weinberger @ericweinberger.bsky.social · 5d

A great American university bending over in delight to receive the headmaster's caning

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you David.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 6d

Kirkus Reviews praises @drodrik.bsky.social’s Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: “A thoughtful consideration of how to promote democracy, sustainability, and prosperity in a world riven by dislocation . . . A closely reasoned—and pragmatic—call for remaking the world’s economy.” buff.ly/rN9RmbE

SHARED PROSPERITY IN A FRACTURED WORLD | Kirkus Reviews

A thoughtful consideration of how to promote democracy, sustainability, and prosperity in a world riven by dislocation and conflict.

www.kirkusreviews.com

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 6d

New Etched in Marble post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...

Timothy Garton Ash has for decades chronicled Europe’s upheavals with a historian’s depth & a journalist’s eye.

In my conversation with Garton Ash, one theme stood out: writing as a defense of democracy.

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Etched in Marble: Timothy Garton Ash on Writing, Freedom, and the Lost Art of Disagreement

Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures

catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations!

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Zach Parolin @zparolin.bsky.social · 6d

I'm truly honored to receive this year's Kershaw Award. I came into the policy research world almost by accident after a failed stint in the Australian Baseball League. To have my work recognized like this is a testament to the wonderful mentors and colleagues I've learned from these past 10 years.

APPAM @appam.bsky.social · 6d

Along with our partner, Mathmatica, we are pleased to announce Zachary Parolin as the 2025 David N. Kershaw Award winner. We look forward to recognizing Zach at #2025APPAM. Read more: https://ow.ly/izM550X57Bv

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 7d

Coming this spring. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Against Money

A powerful deconstruction of humanity’s most influential invention, from the acclaimed economists J. W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev. Money is unavoidably fundamental to our daily lives. It lurks behind ...

press.uchicago.edu

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Rohan Sandhu @rohansandhu.bsky.social · 8d

In a new case study, Sebastian Buck and I unpack the origins & functioning of a €3 billion investment instrument established by the German state of Saarland. Since 2022, the fund has made investments with the twin aims of stabilizing existing industries and enabling long-term transformation⬇️

Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 8d

How one German state (Saarland) combined institutional vision with an override of fiscal rules to set the stage for the transformation of its economic base away from old, dirty industries. www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/wien...

Regional Economic Transformation in Germany: The Origins and Evolution of the Saarland Transformation Fund

www.hks.harvard.edu

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 8d

How one German state (Saarland) combined institutional vision with an override of fiscal rules to set the stage for the transformation of its economic base away from old, dirty industries. www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/wien...

Regional Economic Transformation in Germany: The Origins and Evolution of the Saarland Transformation Fund

www.hks.harvard.edu

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 11d

The Trump administration plans to issue a code that colleges will need to comply with.

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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 13d

A new report by the Boston University Global Development Policy Center looks at how to better combine the national and international dimensions of green structural transformation (GST) in the Global South. By Richard Kozul-Wright, Kevin Gallagher & others.

www.bu.edu/gdp/files/20...

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David J. Lynch @davidjlynch.bsky.social · 14d

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Wall Street bets against Trump on tariff refunds, while importers suffer

Wall Street investors are buying up claims to potential tariff refunds, betting that the Supreme Court will strike down President Donald Trump’s signature economic policy.

wapo.st

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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 14d

I very much enjoyed my conversation with @michaelpettis.bsky.social, and so, I have no doubt, will you. www.ft.com/content/8ee5...

China’s economy vs the world. With Michael Pettis

Will China’s trade imbalance throw the world off-kilter?

www.ft.com

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Maximilian Kasy @maxkasy.bsky.social · 16d

Looking forward to this week’s booktalks and discussions!

Sep 23: MIT Knight Science Journalism program
ksj.mit.edu/events/

Sep 24: Harvard Kennedy School (including discussion with Dani Rodrik)
www.hks.harvard.edu/events/book-...

Sep 25: Yale Law School
law.yale.edu/centers-work...

Law, Economics & Organization Workshop

Discover your passion

ksj.mit.edu

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 19d

That is also the example given in the VoxDev piece I cited. India is also a good example. I was thinking of Mexico, which went the other way after NAFTA: relative gains in the North, but worse performance overall.

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 21d

Nice framework. And the normative complement would be that it is OK for majorities in power to delegate to technocratic bodies when they fear their future selves (the usual time inconsistency argument), but not OK when they want to lock in policy because the opposition might rule in the future.

Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 21d

Interested in a take that situates the Cook saga -- and concerns about the erosion of Fed independence -- in a broader theoretical framework? Then, check out the updated version of this working paper by @grattonecon.bsky.social and myself. gratton.org/papers/Techn...

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 21d

Interested in a take that situates the Cook saga -- and concerns about the erosion of Fed independence -- in a broader theoretical framework? Then, check out the updated version of this working paper by @grattonecon.bsky.social and myself. gratton.org/papers/Techn...

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Kevin Carey @kevincareywb.bsky.social · 22d

Professor James Robinson will deliver a live online lecture to a World Bank conference at 9:30AM EDT this morning on the potential of politics as a catalyst for policy reforms. live.worldbank.org/en/event/202...

Productive Politics for Reforms: A Lecture by Nobel Laureate James A. Robinson

Join us live on September 16 for Nobel Laureate James A. Robinson’s lecture on how politics drives policy reform.

live.worldbank.org

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 22d

Highly recommended

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 22d

Yes! www.ft.com/content/3a91...

Industrial strategy needs more than ‘superstars’

The bulk of UK jobs are in the everyday economy, not internationally competitive clusters

www.ft.com

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 23d

Let's say it again:

1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off.

2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off.

It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25d

(CNN) - President Donald Trump shelved his plans to target Chicago as the next city for his domestic crime push after advisers warned him that sending in troops .. could create legal headaches they want to avoid, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/p...

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